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I have wanted this version of Tri-Klops ever since I was a little kid. He definitely couldn't be a simple repaint though, since he would need some new tooling - Keldor boots (and the little black squiggles are a must!), the diagonal sash, and of course that magnificent sword, which is so much cooler than the simple green one the vintage and classics figures have. Going a step further, I would even like a new visor for him that is more compact like the one in the mini-comic, because I think the one they gave him is a bit too wide and bulky.

Wow, we're really getting some support here. I'm all for the idea, but I never thought of it as a real possibility. Think this might get someone's attention? I completely agree that this would make a fantastic variant, but I'm just not sure about how they'll view it. They could throw out any reason they want to not do it.

"Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking." ~ Tock, the Watchdog

Alexx has a blog?! Come on in and check out Toys and Tomfoolery! You won't regret it...until the next morning.

I'd also love to see an ambrosia-effect Trike (as well as Skeletor and Lyn) as seen in "Sky War."

Not to sound like a creepy cheerleader for Uki, but it's nice to know there is at least one person on this forum who is extremely positive & friendly all the time. I don't think I could be that nice even if you paid me. If we ever give out awards for "forum member of the month", Uki gets my vote. -Mr. Shokoti

I can't believe I never chimed in with my thoughts on this figure. In a word: HELLYES. I would very much love a Tri-Klops variant based on his mini-comic appearance! I don't like the DC-produced minis as much as the original 4, but there is a lot of cool stuff in there. And their designs of Ram Man and Tri-Klops are two of my favorite things about them. I would pretty much want him to look straight out of the comic, too. No altering in colors or design.

Hmmm...another option for this version: What if this one also came with a second head to display him as the Blind Swordsman? With the Tri-Klops head he could be our mini-comic Tri-Klops, and with the bandana head he could be used as The Blind Swordsman with an excuse that this is what he wore back then.

Excellent idea. Blind Swordsman head should be excellent jusfication for the variant for those fans that get nervous when any variant is proposed.

I'd like to see the Bounty Hunter version of Tri-Klops, but just as long as he comes with one of his 200X heads at least from the icon of evil comic, whether it's blind swordsman head or the full visor head (which he wears before Keldor tricks him into joining him and killing the tech wizard guy). I wouldn't mind if he came with a 200X belt like Fisto did so we could have the choice of just furry trunks or the 200X version. Though I'm wondering if the figure might be worth doing in the colours of the 200X repaint version (for the new armour and the legs).

As far a going good I'm not too keen on that. I'd like some reference to Keldor/Skeletor tricking/enslaving him from the comic, but I'd prefer if Tri-Klops became his own man and didn't belong to any faction. More of a gray/neutral area morally, a sort of wild card. Maybe he should actually be a bounty hunter in the bio if the figure does come about.

The 200x version should get its own variant. We've been waiting for the mini-comics version of him for 30 years! That's the way I always wanted my Tri-Klops figure to look, so make it happen Scott! It would be a really easy, cheap variant for Mattel to do, and would make many people happy.

On a related note, that idea floating around about giving him an extra, blindfolded head is a pretty awesome idea! Who is this "Blind Swordsman" anyway? I've never heard of him before.

On a related note, that idea floating around about giving him an extra, blindfolded head is a pretty awesome idea! Who is this "Blind Swordsman" anyway? I've never heard of him before.

Basically it's Tri-Klops before he worked for Skeletor and needed to wear the helmet he's known for from the 200X Icons of Evil prequel comics (there's a pic of a custom of the head in my previous post, just above the proto-Tri-Klops helmet pic from the same comic).